The Brief
- The Franklin Pierce School District will start the school year without sheriff’s deputy resource officers due to budget constraints.
- The district spent over $340,000 last year on SROs but can only budget for one, while the sheriff’s office requires two.
- Unarmed security staff will be present, and the sheriff’s office will provide emergency services as needed.
TACOMA, Wash. – For the first time in about 20 years, students will return to class in the Franklin Pierce School District without sheriff’s deputy resource officers.
Officials with the district told FOX 13 Seattle that the decision to remove school resource officers (SROs) is based on cost.
Last year, the district spent more than $340,000 to have deputies in schools, said Joel Zylstra, a spokesperson for Franklin Pierce School District.
Zlystra said the district budgeted money for one SRO this year.…